| BRUNCH AT OUTREMONT PARK by Bob Forest (your roving reporter) Gilbert Bureau, with his impressive 1926 Cadillac Custom Touring "314" was the first to arrive. Then myself with the MGA and on arrival members of the VAQ were on hand to greet us and give us directions on were to park our cars. I must say, that this location is a beautiful one. Many large trees for shade, a beautiful pond with a water fountain in the middle. One very important facility, the washrooms are nearby on the grounds. Seeing that facility means we can eat and drink with piss oh I mean peace of mind. This year, there were fewer cars, which did not take away the pleasure of our day. I think the reason for this, is that the clubs do not send out to each other their events. If the events were sent at the beginning of the year we could do a mailer of that particular event, if it did not clash with one of ours. It would make an extra outing for our members. This particular event was a perfect example. I hope next year we will see an improvement on communications between clubs. The mixes of cars were all there. American, British, French, etc. There was a Packard that had to be seen to be believed. It was just beautiful. You could not hear the engine running. What I found nice about the event, was, the cars were not parked 2 feet close to each other. We had large areas around our cars, so the backdrop that was given to the cars could not be beat. It brought out the beauty of the Classics. Some had beautiful picnic set ups, with the straw baskets, the beautiful and in some cases elegant dishes, all laid out on a colorful blanket. All this with the music playing in the background. What more could you ask for. Many members of the VEA were there. There was also Gilles with his just finished TR 3A, as he had just finished the car, a few problems showed up, but as I told him, this was a normal procedure of getting the car back to 100%. He had to be push started at one point getting to the park. His starter would not work. We looked to see if we could find the trouble. Guess what, it was a loose fuse that had come out of its holding place. So we squeezed the clips, put back the fuse, and voila, the car started. That was one happy camper. A new member with his beautiful Series One E type Roadster. What makes this car extraordinary is that all is original except the paint. It has never been restored. It is one beautiful machine. Gerard was busy taking pictures of some of the members cars to add to our web site, which by the way, for you who have the internet should visit at (www.vea.qc.ca) This is a must see. It is one of the finest if not the best web car club site available. If I missed some that were there, I apologize and will make sure the next time I see you at an event, will write your name in Capital letters, which will be twice as noticeable. When it came time to give out the awards, Tom Merson and his friend and I were discussing that the days of running around doing judging events were days of the past. Now we enjoy our cars, and drive them, without the worrying of getting them dirty. Then we hear Gilbert Bureau announcing the winners in the different categories, the Youth Choice, which was Helen's MGA, and the Mayors Choice which was Tom Merson Bug Eye. Was Tom excited; he jumped like he won the Million Dollars. Is there a meaning to this last paragraph? Yes there is. Negative selling always works. I would like to thank Gilbert Bureau, for his effort on holding this event. You all have to realize that it takes time to organize an event. It is we owners that benefit from all this work. We drive the car to the event, then sit, eat, talk cars, enjoy the scenery and just have one fantastic day. With no effort on our part. I say it now, it is important for us members to attend these event, to encourage the organizers, so that we can continue in the future to have some place to go and enjoy looking at Classic Cars. ©VEA |